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Now five dhows were burning, and drifted out of control into thecrowded anchorage. He would be, ashis father was, a Navigator of the Order. Hal nodded. To avoid having to remove their shackles Manseer, the gaoler, bundledHal who was still chained to his father into the solitary cell near thetop of the spiral staircase, while the rest went below.

There were twelve distinct peaks in this maritime range, markedon the Dutch charts he had captured as the Twelve Apostles. Hal was able to lead them to a cave in themountainside to shelter before the storm struck. They crept up to the anchored dhow and,as she came fully abeam, the Golden Bough's full broadside lit thedar There are black men coming out of that ditch, three of them.